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Smith Corner, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rensselaerville town. It lies in ZIP code area 12120. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.

Smith Corner within Albany County

Then and now

1893 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Smith Corner, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Smith Corner, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

85 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Smith Corner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Debris and open burning18
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
9 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 4,476 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 4,476 specimens collected within 10 miles of Smith Corner between 1847 and 1975: 3,118 Fungi, 862 Animalia, 349 Plantae, 85 Protozoa, 44 Chromista, 18 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, Arnett Jr., R. H. (Ross H.), Atkinson, George and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Stereum neglectum PeckStereum neglectum Peck1894C. L. ShearAlcove
A photograph of the species Phyllosticta innumerabilis, not of this specimenPhyllosticta innumerabilis Peck1847C.L. Shear
A photograph of the species Sorex fumeus, not of this specimenSorex fumeus fumeus G.M.Miller, 18951860William J. Hamilton Jr.Rensselaerville
A photograph of the species Abietinella abietina, not of this specimenAbietinella abietina (Hedw.) M.Fleisch.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mt.
A photograph of the species Anomodon viticulosus, not of this specimenAnomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Barbula unguiculata, not of this specimenBarbula unguiculata Hedw.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Brachythecium rutabulum, not of this specimenBrachythecium rutabulum (Hedw.) Schimp.1863C. H. PeckHelderberg Mountains
A photograph of the species Crossocalyx hellerianus, not of this specimenCrossocalyx hellerianus (Nees ex Lindenb.) Meyl.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
Eurhynchium pumilum (Wilson) Schimp.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Fissidens dubius, not of this specimenFissidens dubius P.Beauv.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mountains
A photograph of the species Fissidens subbasilaris, not of this specimenFissidens subbasilaris Hedw.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mountains
A photograph of the species Herzogiella striatella, not of this specimenHerzogiella striatella (Brid.) Z.Iwats.1863not recordedHelderburg Mts. [Inferred county from precise loc.]

All 4,476 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lambs Corner2.2 miles22
Medusa2.5 miles22
Rensselaerville4.0 miles20
South Westerlo4.1 miles22
Westerlo4.5 miles21
Preston Hollow5.8 miles22
Dormansville6.1 miles25
Cooksburg6.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973078. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.